Family name origins & meanings
- Spanish (Buendía) : probably a habitational name from Buendía in Cuenca province, Spain.
- Spanish (Buendía) : occasionally, a nickname from Spanish bueno ‘good’ + día ‘day’, presumably denoting someone who made frequent use of this salutation. Buendía was also occasionally used as a personal name in the Middle Ages, bestowed on a child as an expression of the parents’ satisfaction at the birth, or for the sake of a good omen.